Jimmy Win Wah

Jimmy Win Wah was 83 years of age (or 72 according the the year of birth given below) when he died in Mt Gambier. He was 20 when he came to Australia, spent some years at Ballarat and came to Mount Gambier in the 1930s. He became known as the last Chinese person in Mount Gambier when two market gardeners returned to China in 1946. When Jimmy lost his life savings in 1947 a fund was opened and that was used to meet his funeral expenses.

He had a small garden in Hart street.

The Advertiser, Saturday 21 July 1951. p.12.

Jimmy Win Wah file

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